Public probes Islands Trust cottages proposal
The Salt Spring Local Trust Committee relaxed its regular meeting guidelines Saturday in order to take in more…
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affordable housing
Editorial: Cottage Industry
Almost everyone on Salt Spring would agree the dire housing situation needs to be addressed.
The Local Trust…
Viewpoint: Housing groups do lobby
By FRANTS ATTORP
Anyone doubting the ambitions of local housing advocates need only read Jason Mogus’ “Affordable…
Editorial: A place to call home
The symbolic ground breaking at the Salt Spring Commons site is a reason to feel optimistic about housing on the…
Salt Spring Commons project funding announced
Salt Spring Island Community Services, along with the provincial Ministry of Municipal Affairs and Housing and the…
Clinic support floods hearing
A public hearing on a seniors housing proposal for Kings Lane held last Wednesday night garnered many responses…
Viewpoint: Don’t stand in the way of housing solutions
By RON COOKE
I would like to respond to Frants Attorp’s Viewpoint in the March 27 paper, as it is symptomatic of a…
Viewpoint: Challenging the Affordable Housing Narrative
By Frants Attorp
Affordable housing advocates are failing to consider the unintended consequences of fixating on a…
Trust aids housing projects
Salt Spring Local Trust Committee decisions made on Tuesday, Feb. 26 will help bring two affordable housing…
Hard work on housing begins now
By Rhonan Heitzmann and Calico Chang
Over the course of the past six months, volunteers from across the island…